Correll v. Goodfellow

Betty N. Correll, whom we call plaintiff, sued J. M. Goodfellow, a chiropractor in Council Bluffs, at law for alleged malpractice in burning her foot while treating it with an ultrasonic machine. Betty’s husband also sued defendant for alleged loss of consortium resulting from the injury. The cases were consolidated for trial. At the close of the evidence the trial court sustained generally defendant’s motion for directed verdict which asserted, in effect, the evidence was insufficient to show plaintiff’s injury was caused by any failure of defendant to exercise the requisite skill in…